Famille Hugel
Riesling Jubilee 2005
It's our own interpretation of the expected quality of a great Schoenenbourg, a vineyard famous since the XVIIth century for the quality of its Riesling. Profound, suave and with a great minerality, it will still improve for years and keep for decades.
Specifications
Alcohol content : 12.8° % vol.
Residual Sugar : 8.5 g/l
Tartaric acidity : 7.8 g/l
pH : 3.02
Age of vines : 30 years old
Yield : 45 hl/ha hL/ha
Presentation
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Great classic Riesling which starts to show its promisses but which will gain in complexity for 8 years or more. Its minerality and long complex aftertaste will make it the ideal partner to noble fish or seafood dishes.
The vintage
The sheer quality of this vintage emerged progressively as the harvest unfolded. Throughout the season the vines were in superb condition, and a true "Indian Summer" at the end of the harvest enabled us to pick our best vineyards late and under optimum conditions.
Everything indicates that 2005 will be a great vintage. Grapes were healthy and ripe, balanced by excellent acidity. The wines confirm our early optimism, showing great aromatic purity and class on a par with the finest vintages.
Everything indicates that 2005 will be a great vintage. Grapes were healthy and ripe, balanced by excellent acidity. The wines confirm our early optimism, showing great aromatic purity and class on a par with the finest vintages.
In the vineyard
Produced in a selection of the finest plots of the Hugel estate in the heart of the grand cru Schoenenbourg. This fantastic historical terroir has been almost exclusively devoted to Riesling for centuries.
Keuper, marl, dolomite and gypsum, rich in fertilising agents, overlaid with fine layers of quaternary siliceous gravel, Vosges sandstone and Muschelkalk, with at its eastern extremity outcrops of Lias marl limestones.
Keuper, marl, dolomite and gypsum, rich in fertilising agents, overlaid with fine layers of quaternary siliceous gravel, Vosges sandstone and Muschelkalk, with at its eastern extremity outcrops of Lias marl limestones.
Winemaking
The grapes are taken in small tubs to the presses, which are filled by gravity, without any pumping or other mechanical intervention.
After pressing, the must is decanted for a few hours, then fermented in temperature-controlled barrels or vats (at 18 to 24°C). The wine is racked just once, before natural clarification during the course of the winter. The following spring, the wine is lightly filtered just before bottling, and the bottles are then aged extensively in our cellars until released for sale.
After pressing, the must is decanted for a few hours, then fermented in temperature-controlled barrels or vats (at 18 to 24°C). The wine is racked just once, before natural clarification during the course of the winter. The following spring, the wine is lightly filtered just before bottling, and the bottles are then aged extensively in our cellars until released for sale.
Presentation
Photos of bottles and labels, 3 definitions, max 300dpi
Varietal
Riesling : 100%
Specifications
Alcohol content : : 12.8° % vol.
Residual Sugar : : 8.5 g/l
Tartaric acidity : : 7.8 g/l
pH : : 3.02
Age of vines : : 30 years old
Yield : : 45 hl/ha hL/ha
Advice
Video
Tasting notes by Serge Dubs, World's Best Sommelier 1989
Cheers for Hugel's 2005 Jubilee wines !
The Hugel family, renowned worldwide for their long experience of producing textbook late-harvest VT and SGN wines, can also be justly proud of the quality of their top level in the traditional dry wine category. Jubilee wines represent the ultimate of what the association of grape variety and terroir can achieve in terms of elegance, with a unique personality and character.
Visually, the wine is bright with serious depth and intensity. Predominant pale green reflections reveal its youth and promising future.
The bouquet is expressive, rich and intense, a wide aromatic spread of fruit and flowers: acacia blossom, molene, lime blossom, privet, citron, white peach, with a subtle touch of minerality that is elegant and still reserved.
On the palate, the tactile nature of the attack and structure induces an ecstatic gustatory sensation of great class that can only be given by a distinguished, proud Riesling, with its elegantly tense backbone of perfectly ripe acidity that has not yet reached the stage of over-ripeness. It is well-structured, juicy and almost luscious. A great wine that will age for 10 to 15 years, attaining the wonderfully mineral character of white truffle and gun flint that may surprise the neophyte, but which the connoisseur of great Rieslings will always look for after 5 to 10 years in bottle.
A wine to enjoy with highly gastronomic food : wild turbot, lobster, crayfish, pike and salmon, but which I can not resist the selfish urge to drink now. Above all, this is a wine to lock away in your cellar.
29 July 2007
The Hugel family, renowned worldwide for their long experience of producing textbook late-harvest VT and SGN wines, can also be justly proud of the quality of their top level in the traditional dry wine category. Jubilee wines represent the ultimate of what the association of grape variety and terroir can achieve in terms of elegance, with a unique personality and character.
Visually, the wine is bright with serious depth and intensity. Predominant pale green reflections reveal its youth and promising future.
The bouquet is expressive, rich and intense, a wide aromatic spread of fruit and flowers: acacia blossom, molene, lime blossom, privet, citron, white peach, with a subtle touch of minerality that is elegant and still reserved.
On the palate, the tactile nature of the attack and structure induces an ecstatic gustatory sensation of great class that can only be given by a distinguished, proud Riesling, with its elegantly tense backbone of perfectly ripe acidity that has not yet reached the stage of over-ripeness. It is well-structured, juicy and almost luscious. A great wine that will age for 10 to 15 years, attaining the wonderfully mineral character of white truffle and gun flint that may surprise the neophyte, but which the connoisseur of great Rieslings will always look for after 5 to 10 years in bottle.
A wine to enjoy with highly gastronomic food : wild turbot, lobster, crayfish, pike and salmon, but which I can not resist the selfish urge to drink now. Above all, this is a wine to lock away in your cellar.
29 July 2007
Reviews
"It's a dry style yet has a wonderful honeyed character to the palate, which adds richness and weight. There is a mature, decadent, petrol-fuelled nose as well as the lime fruit and floral hints you would expect. There is a measure of refinement and elegance to this wine which encapsulates all that is great about Riesling. " [+]
JancisRobinson.com - 2011
